Desoxycorticosterone at Mercy San Juan Medical Center

6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$9.25

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$33.73

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$3.72 with WCMG vs $91.50 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $3.72 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10.46 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $11.81 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13.50 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $13.83 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.17 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.22 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $18.56 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $19.91 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $20.92 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $22.27 ↑ +141%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $25.30 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $25.30 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $26.99 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $26.99 ↑ +192%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $27.54 ↑ +198%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $29.21 ↑ +216%
United Medicare|All Plans $30.98 ↑ +235%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $30.98 ↑ +235%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $30.98 ↑ +235%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $30.98 ↑ +235%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $30.98 ↑ +235%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $30.98 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $30.98 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $30.98 ↑ +235%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $30.98 ↑ +235%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $31.91 ↑ +245%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $33.73 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $33.73 ↑ +265%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $33.73 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.73 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $33.73 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $33.73 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $33.73 ↑ +265%
United Medicaid|> 21 $33.73 ↑ +265%
United Medicaid|< 21 $33.73 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $33.73 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.73 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $33.73 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $33.73 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.73 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $33.73 ↑ +265%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $33.73 ↑ +265%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $34.08 ↑ +268%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $38.73 ↑ +319%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $46.47 ↑ +402%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $68.62 ↑ +642%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $91.50 ↑ +889%

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Desoxycorticosterone at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $9.39 $6.15 – $45.44
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.42 $13.97 – $79.83
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $26.95 $7.55 – $93.85
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.37 $13.97 – $89.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.26 $13.97 – $89.04
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $15.96 $2.80 – $22.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.22 $5.87 – $27.94
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $118.42 $14.53 – $27.94

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